January 30, 1938, Lin Fan returned to Jurong.

He had just concluded his seven-day trip to Hong Kong.

During those seven days, Lin Fan became the most mysterious man in Hong Kong.

Everyone in Hong Kong was speculating about which faction the man who had spent tens of millions of dollars in Hong Kong represented.

Upon arriving in Hong Kong, Lin Fan visited Du Yuesheng, who was already residing there.

The Green Gang boss, who had moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong, was also troubled during this time.

Since leaving Shanghai, his foundations there were being aggressively seized by his sworn brother, Zhang Xiaolin.

Originally, Du Yuesheng had numerous businesses in Shanghai, and the Japanese, for the sake of stability, had not touched his assets, allowing the people in Du's mansion to move freely.

But Zhang Xiaolin, that old dog, didn't play by the rules.

Not only did he openly join the Japanese, but he also constantly encroached upon Du's Shanghai assets in secret.

This was the last straw.

Lin Fan's sudden visit delighted Du Yuesheng.

The last time Lin Fan visited, he had given him hundreds of millions of legal tender.

Not only did his Du Mansion make money, but so did the brothers who followed him.

And this money was extracted from the Japanese banks.

This was very satisfying.

Today, this elusive figure had appeared again.

Du Yuesheng hurried to the gate to greet Lin Fan.

This astonished the two gatekeepers: although this man looked good, he didn't seem like a big shot.

And the visiting card he had just sent in wasn't eye-catching either!

Seeing Lin Fan waiting outside, Du Yuesheng quickly clasped his hands, "I didn't know Brother Lin would grace us with his presence, please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

What was going on today?

The two gatekeepers were completely baffled.

Who was this man?

Who could make Du Yuesheng, the "three feet of heaven in the south of the city," so humble?

Lin Fan smiled and said, "I wouldn't come without a reason. I have something to ask of you.

That's why I came all the way from Jiangnan."

Du Yuesheng smiled and ushered him in, "Brother Lin, whatever it is, as long as it's not selling out the country for personal gain, just say the word.

Please come in! Please come in!"

As Du Yuesheng led Lin Fan inside, he thought, "Jiangnan?

Isn't Jiangnan already occupied by the Japanese?"

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked up and asked in surprise, "The Special Operations Company! The commander of the Special Operations Regiment!"

Someone like him, who had been in the jianghu his whole life, wouldn't normally be so easily surprised.

But the world was changing too fast.

Two months ago, it was just a company of men, and now it had become a regiment.

Most importantly, this regiment had taken back so many counties from the Japanese and held them.

During the Battle of Shanghai, Du Yuesheng also formed a pistol team of 20,000 men.

This team was made up of jianghu figures he had organized in conjunction with some jianghu bosses.

They were all local to Shanghai. During the withdrawal of 700,000 Nationalist soldiers, this team covered the rear, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, their courage, and their willingness to die.

This greatly delayed the Japanese pursuit.

This also resulted in heavy casualties for the entire team.

He didn't expect Lin Fan's team to grow stronger and stronger.

The Special Operations Regiment's recent major battles in Deqing had been observed on the ground by Chinese and foreign reporters.

This kind of person couldn't help but surprise Du Yuesheng.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "You found out!"

Du Yuesheng quickly said, "Brother Lin, don't worry! I will keep it a secret."

Lin Fan smiled slightly. He didn't want anyone to know that the commander of the Special Operations Regiment had left Jurong at this time to come to Hong Kong.

One was to prevent the Japanese from taking action, and the other was to maintain secrecy.

After all, he still wanted to operate behind enemy lines.

Behind Lin Fan followed Feng Junya, Wu Xiaobao, and others.

Du Yuesheng had seen these people before, and Wan Molin had also seen them.

They smiled and nodded to Feng Junya, Wu Xiaobao, and others, as a greeting.

Cheng Molin was deeply impressed by Chen Sichuan and hesitated before asking Feng Junya,

"What about your other brother?"

After a moment's thought, Feng Junya understood that he was asking about Chen Sichuan.

He immediately said, "Brother Chen is guarding the home."

After entering the living room, the two sides exchanged pleasantries.

Du Yuesheng was clearly very interested in the Special Operations Regiment's battles in Deqing.

He kept asking about the situation on the battlefield.

Lin Fan didn't mind and explained in detail the battles in Deqing and Mogan Mountain.

Du Yuesheng and Wan Molin in the living room listened with admiration.

After a few rounds of tea, Lin Fan smiled and said, "I came to Hong Kong to make purchases.

Now that Shanghai is occupied by the Japanese, many businesses are difficult to do.

Therefore, I decided to come to Hong Kong.

To make a living in Shanghai, you can't go wrong looking for Mr. Du.

To do business in Hong Kong, you can't go wrong looking for Mr. Du."

Du Yuesheng laughed, "The last time I did a deal with Brother Lin, I still feel thrilled when I think about it."

Lin Fan also laughed, "That kind of business can only be done once.

This time I'm not here to make money, but to spend it."

"Oh! I wonder how much money Brother Lin is prepared to spend? What kind of things are you buying?" Du Yuesheng asked curiously.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "This time I've prepared gold. I plan to buy Krupp cannons and their ammunition production lines."

Du Yuesheng knew that Lin Fan had gold, legal tender, and foreign exchange.

Hearing that he was using gold for transactions was of course good.

But hearing that Lin Fan wanted to buy German cannons, he asked somewhat strangely, "Don't the newspapers say that the Special Operations Regiment is a team under the Fifth War Zone?

Shouldn't this equipment be allocated by the Nationalist government?"

Lin Fan smiled and said, "The Nationalist army is so big, Generalissimo Chiang is not easy!

If we can be self-sufficient, we should think of ways to do it ourselves!"

Du Yuesheng suddenly thought of the Japanese activities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River recently.

The Green Gang had many people and had taken root in all walks of life in Shanghai.

A few days ago, a Japanese freighter, the Senju Maru, went missing.

Associating this with Lin Fan's last departure from Shanghai, when he also took a Japanese freighter, he asked in a low voice, "Brother Lin, did you get another Japanese freighter this time?"

Lin Fan smiled: he didn't admit it! He didn't deny it! He didn't speak!

Du Yuesheng understood, and the expression on his face suddenly became excited:

"I wonder what kind of cannons you want to buy, and how many?"

Lin Fan smiled and said, "I want 100 of the 88mm anti-aircraft guns that the Nationalist army has bought, and 50 of the 150mm howitzers.

Each cannon comes with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

I need them urgently, delivered to Wuhu within a month."

Du Yuesheng was shocked, "So urgent!"

Lin Fan didn't want to hide it from him, "The Japanese and Germany are allies, and the resistance the Japanese are encountering is getting stronger and stronger.

Their troop losses have already hurt them to the bone.

Ambassador Trautmann's mediation has yielded no results.

In the foreseeable future, there will be no results.

The Japanese are clear on this: Generalissimo Chiang will not accept their proposed withdrawal conditions.

In order to end this war as soon as possible, they will have to exert greater diplomatic pressure on Germany.

After all, they are allies.

Germany's exports to us will change in the coming period.

That's why I'm asking for a delivery time of one month."

"Delivery in Wuhu, isn't that occupied by the Japanese?" Du Yuesheng asked in surprise.

"We've already taken it back. We've also taken back Dangtu.

I'm here to set up a steel factory in Ma'anshan and buy equipment."

Du Yuesheng was even more surprised this time, "Setting up a steel factory will require a lot of money."

Lin Fan nodded with a smile, "I'm prepared. I'm also going to set up a chemical factory. And an engine factory."

Wan Molin behind Du Yuesheng kept taking notes.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "I just want to mine, smelt steel, and produce steel bars, steel plates, and seamless steel pipes in Ma'anshan.

And the subsequent supporting production lines."

Du Yuesheng was silent for a while, "I'll ask Mr. August to come out first, and you can talk.

He is the chief representative of Krupp in East Asia.

As for the rest, I have to be frank.

Brother Lin, you're going to build a new industrial system. Generalissimo Chiang has been trying to do this for so many years as president, but he hasn't been able to do it."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "When it comes to political struggle, I'm not as good as Chiang.

When it comes to construction, he's definitely not as good as me.

After all, Generalissimo Chiang has been fighting civil wars every day, so he can't devote all his energy and resources to developing the national economy and people's livelihood.

Also, Generalissimo Chiang was put on the throne by a group of consortia.

Many plans must take into account the interests of each family, which makes it impossible for many of his ideas to be implemented.

The Special Operations Regiment is different. We don't have any consortia behind us.

We don't have any vested interests. We don't fight civil wars. We don't have internal friction.

Now there are only foreign enemies. Although the Japanese are still strong for the time being, they will become weaker and weaker. This year, the War of Resistance will enter a stalemate."

After hearing Lin Fan's words, Du Yuesheng was calm on the surface, but his heart was surging.

He thought for a while before saying, "To build an industrial system, it's best to choose equipment from one country directly.

Now there are the Soviet Union, Germany, the United States, Britain, and France to choose from.

France and Germany are both allies of the Japanese, so they can be ruled out.

That leaves only three countries to choose from.

It's not a deal to go to them, it's best to let them come to us."

Lin Fan thought, "Sure enough, old ginger is spicier!"

Du Yuesheng said, "Have someone spread the news tomorrow. See what their reactions are."

After a pause, he continued, "I took too much advantage of the last cooperation in Shanghai.

Consider this time as helping out."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "If that's the case, then we can actually continue to cooperate."

Du Yuesheng's eyes lit up, "How?"

"You have intelligence, I have combat power! Find someone to find out the times of the Japanese freighters leaving Shanghai.

I'll be responsible for collecting taxes!"

Hearing Lin Fan say he was going to collect taxes, Du Yuesheng and Wan Molin laughed together.

"Japanese freighters from Nanjing to Shanghai are also okay," Lin Fan added.

Du Yuesheng tentatively asked, "What about Japanese freighters returning to the mainland from Shanghai?"

Lin Fan nodded, "That's also okay. The sea is so big, you can do anything.

The Japanese won't be able to find out.

It's just that those ships will need Mr. Du to handle them after they're in hand. As for the profits, I'll take seven and you take three."

Du Yuesheng was happy, "Ships are very valuable. Brother Lin is using the money to build the country and fight the Japanese.

I'm already embarrassed to take the money, so you take nine and I'll take one.

The brothers under me need to eat, so I'll take some for errands."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Eight two, I will specifically state that the extra 10% is Mr. Du's support for the War of Resistance.

It doesn't necessarily have to be used entirely on the Special Operations Regiment.

All the teams fighting the War of Resistance in the country, if they need it within this 10% share, Mr. Du can specify who to send it to.

Equipment or money are both okay."

Du Yuesheng was even happier this time. If he did this, his face would be greatly enhanced.

He said, "In that case, I will also take out 10% of my 20% to support the War of Resistance."

"Good!"

On the second day of Lin Fan's arrival in Hong Kong, the entire Hong Kong business community and foreign firms knew that someone wanted to build an industrial system.

They needed to purchase a one-stop shop of equipment from mining to steelmaking to engine production, aircraft, and so on.

At the same time, they also needed to build a bullet factory capable of producing guns and bullets.

In addition, they also needed to build a weapons factory.

Even the chemical factory needed a full industrial production line.

If the preceding demands were projects that would take time to negotiate and complete, and the mysterious figure was only expressing a wish, then his inquiries about purchasing three thermal power plants, 100 anti-aircraft guns, 50 howitzers, 200 1,000-horsepower engines, and 50 single-cylinder diesel engines were very real.

Lin Fan's most urgent goal this time was to buy 100 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 50 150mm howitzers from Krupp.

At the same time, he also wanted to buy production lines for these two types of cannons.

This was the most important thing because he knew that in a few months, Germany would completely withdraw all its military advisors and cancel all its military orders at the strong request of the Japanese.

Combining the characteristics of his own team, Lin Fan felt that the 150mm howitzers and 88mm anti-aircraft guns produced by Krupp were good cannons.

Of course, he wanted all of these good things.

Lin Fan now had 10 tons of gold reserves. According to the current exchange rate between gold and the U.S. dollar, one gram of gold could be exchanged for 1.3 U.S. dollars, and one ton of gold could be exchanged for 1.3 million U.S. dollars.

In addition, he also had more than 5 million yen and more than 1 million legal tender. This was all money.

This was no longer a small number.

Krupp's 150mm howitzer cost Chiang Kai-shek 35,000 U.S. dollars per gun, and the 88mm anti-aircraft gun cost 18,000 U.S. dollars per gun.

Ammunition ranged from 15 to 40 U.S. dollars per round.

On the third day of Lin Fan's arrival in Hong Kong, he met with August, a representative of Krupp.

This meeting was arranged by Du Yuesheng.

As soon as they met, Lin Fan made his request.

At this time, the world was in the late stages of the economic crisis, and everyone's lives were not easy.

August was stunned when he heard that Lin Fan needed a total of 150 cannons, each with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

After confirming the amount again, he calmed down.

He said, "Such a large transaction cannot be done in legal tender. It must be priced in German marks."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "We trade in gold!"

This was of course good.

Knowing that Lin Fan also wanted to purchase a production line, this was something August couldn't decide.

He apologized to Lin Fan and said, "I can't decide this. I need to ask the domestic company."

Twenty minutes later, August returned.

He said regretfully, "The domestic company does not support the sale of ammunition production lines.

To show our sincerity, we will settle the 150mm howitzer ammunition at the Nationalist army's price."

Lin Fan said in fluent German, "No! No! No! We want a 30% discount on the Nationalist army's purchase price."

The Germans were all stunned when they heard Lin Fan's offer.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "We are all clear about the current situation. Your country and the Japanese are allies.

Such a business can only be done once.

After we buy these cannons, there will be no follow-up service."

"No! We are the most trustworthy nation.

As long as the contract is signed, we will definitely follow the contract," August objected.

Lin Fan smiled and nodded, "The more difficult the Japanese are on the battlefield, the more diplomatic pressure they will put on your country.

I don't think anyone can deny this!"

The Germans present all nodded in agreement.

"The Japanese will suffer a major defeat in the near future and will desperately put pressure on your country.

In this case, is it possible that all military transactions will be suspended?"

Hearing Lin Fan's words, everyone was silent.

Although they didn't see that the Japanese would suffer a major loss in the near future, since August of last year, although the Nationalist army had been constantly losing troops and land, they had not surrendered, and the Nationalist army's resistance had become more and more fierce.

They were indeed getting more and more experienced in this war.

Especially in the recent Battle of Hangzhou, the Nationalist army's losses were actually not that great.

On the other hand, the Japanese, after fighting to this point, were clearly winning one victory after another, but they were as desperate as if they had been defeated.

Lin Fan didn't stop and continued,

"Therefore! There will be fundamental policy changes in the trade between your country and us in the next few months.

This order provided by our side will be your company's last order in Asia.

Whether this transaction, which can be exchanged for several tons of gold, can be successful depends on you."

August was a little embarrassed, "Mr. Lin! It is impossible to deliver to Wuhu in one month as you requested."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "This is possible. As long as your company ships the goods immediately after we place the order.

Everything is possible! Don't say you don't have any inventory!

In order to cope with the upcoming national development, the weapons and equipment produced in your country are probably too much for the warehouse to hold!"

……

August didn't know if Lin Fan was guessing or if he really had any channels to learn about this news.

He got up again and walked out.

Lin Fan's price cut was fierce, and the delivery time he proposed was too tight.

He really couldn't make the decision, but Lin Fan proposed to pay all in gold.

This made him very eager to make this deal.

In this era, gold was the hard currency of the world.

Countries all over the world were trying to accumulate it. Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat in World War I.

The entire national treasury had been empty once.

The desire for gold was particularly strong.

And August also knew that there were many agents outside looking for this Mr. Lin.

They were all trying to promote their products to him.

August's telegram was sent back to the German headquarters. Krupp couldn't believe such a big deal. The business of tens of millions of marks would be negotiated in one day.

They had 150 cannons and 150,000 rounds of ammunition.

They just didn't know the government's attitude.

After urgently asking the government, they finally got a positive reply: the transaction was possible.

An hour later, August returned again and said to Lin Fan,

"According to the price you provided, each 150mm howitzer is 24,500 yuan, and each artillery shell is 28 yuan.

The price of each 88mm anti-aircraft gun is 10,500 yuan, and the price of each artillery shell is 14 yuan.

The total price is 4,075,000 yuan."

Lin Fan smiled and agreed to this number.

August didn't expect Lin Fan to be so easy to talk to.

He continued, "We require half of the deposit in advance, which is 2,037.5 kilograms when converted into gold."

After speaking, he looked at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "I have no objections. We can sign the contract now. I only ask that one clause be added.

This transaction will not change due to war or changes in trade policy between the two countries.

The party that violates the contract will bear twice the amount of compensatory damages."

This business had just been approved by the authorities.

August had confidence in this and had no objection to this point.

Du Yuesheng was invited in. The negotiations between the two parties had lasted a full afternoon.

Now it was time to find a witness to sign and stamp the contract.

Lin Fan asked, "I brought the gold. It can be handed over now.

Mr. August, after the contract is signed, you can take someone to check the gold."

Du Yuesheng didn't expect Lin Fan to bring so much gold this time.

The inspection of the gold continued until 8 p.m. before it was completed.

August excitedly sent a telegram back, "Received 2,037.5 kilograms of gold.

Please give the order to ship!"

Lin Fan wanted it urgently this time. For this batch of goods, Krupp specially chartered a freighter to transport this batch of munitions.

At the celebration dinner, August pretended to ask unintentionally, "I heard that Mr. Lin also wants to buy engines?"

For the past two days, there had been rumors outside that someone was inquiring about mining and steelmaking equipment and buying engines.

He asked this question to test whether this buyer was Lin Fan.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Yes, I want to buy a complete set of equipment for mining, steelmaking, and producing engines.

I also need engines. If your country can guarantee that it will not change due to war, you can also complete this business.

I can also talk about this."

"Mr. Lin still wants to buy a shell production line?"

"Of course! I am disappointed in your country's foreign policy. Independent diplomacy is the most important thing.

You cannot lose a large market because of the requests of your allies."

August couldn't continue.

The year 1938 was another change in the U.S. economic policy following the economic crisis of 1929.

In order to curb domestic inflation, Roosevelt decided to drastically reduce government investment.

Suddenly, domestic orders in the United States dropped.

A large number of factories couldn't get orders and workers lost their jobs.

At this time, U.S. Ambassador Nelson Johnson learned that someone in Hong Kong had put forward a package of industrial production line procurement plans that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

He immediately found someone to inquire about the news.

The person he found was Du Yuesheng.

After all, as the Shanghai tycoon, Du Yuesheng was friends with Nelson Johnson when he was in Shanghai.

After asking for Lin Fan's opinion, Du Yuesheng confirmed the rumors.

He also revealed that this buyer had successfully completed a $4 million business this afternoon. Of course, this was only part of his many procurement plans.

Ambassador Nelson Johnson expressed his desire to invite the mysterious person to Shanghai to discuss. The U.S. government was willing to help complete this order.

Du Yuesheng euphemistically revealed that this mysterious person was not welcome by the Japanese.

His life safety in Shanghai could not be guaranteed. If Ambassador Nelson Johnson was interested in doing this business, he could come to Hong Kong.

Knowing this, Nelson Johnson immediately decided to take a military transport plane to Hong Kong.

He needed this order.

The news that August had signed a huge order for Krupp spread like wildfire.

It immediately aroused the attention of the Mercedes-Benz engine company.

Each of the cannons that Lin Fan had ordered required a tractor.

These vehicles were produced by Mercedes-Benz.

Knowing that Lin Fan also needed 250 engines, Mercedes-Benz was of course unwilling to let this order fall into the hands of outsiders.

That night, someone was sent to inquire with August about Lin Fan's needs.

The next morning, Andrew, the chief representative of Mercedes-Benz in Hong Kong, visited Lin Fan.

He had learned about the hotel where Lin Fan was staying from August.

This time, Lin Fan was not as anxious as he had been yesterday. He only asked what models of engines Mercedes-Benz could provide.

He also made it clear that he wanted to buy the engine production line together.

If he only bought engines, the unit price would be extremely low.

Exclusive engine production line, this made Andrew difficult.

After thinking it over and over, he could only go back and discuss it with headquarters.

This time Lin Fan's attitude was very firm: This was because the cannons that had been delivered yesterday had been used by the Special Operations Regiment.

It could only be described in one word: good!

It belonged to the seller's market, where there was no choice.

There were many options for engine products, and Lin Fan actually favored the United States more.

First of all, there were a lot of unemployed workers in the United States now, and products were starting to become unsalable.

At this time, he could definitely take advantage of it.

More importantly: Germany would soon order a ban on doing business with the Nationalist army.

This was the biggest obstacle.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't mind working with the Germans on a few more projects.

When Nelson Johnson met Lin Fan, he was slightly surprised to see how young Lin Fan was.

However, he still controlled his emotions.

The two sides went directly into the conference room. Lin Fan put forward the needs of the Special Operations Regiment.

He also put forward two options: one was for the Special Operations Regiment to buy all the equipment at one time.

They would produce and sell it themselves.

The other was for the two sides to jointly produce, share the risks, and share the benefits.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Mr. Johnson understands the current situation in this country.

This country has spent thirty years in civil strife.

Now it is fighting the War of Resistance. There is absolutely no problem with the sales of our steel mill.

Engines are used in ships, airplanes, and small tractors. There is no need to worry about sales.

In the future, when the war is over, such a large country, such a vast land.

The agricultural machinery and automobiles that need to be used will all require countless amounts of steel.

Therefore, steel mills and engine factories are very good investment projects."

Ambassador Nelson Johnson certainly knew this: wasn't this how the United States developed?

Lin Fan had not said one thing: even if the Nationalist army and the Japanese officially declared war in the future, foreign companies would not be allowed to provide strategic materials to the warring parties.

Joint ventures would have an absolute advantage at this time. It would definitely not be restricted to provide strategic materials to their own country.

It was impossible to get results from such a big business in a short time.

However, Lin Fan also ordered 200 Cummins 500-horsepower large engines and 100 10-horsepower small engines.

In addition, he also intended to order three thermal power plants and three hydropower plants.

When he heard that Motorola's latest model of military radio intercom had a communication distance of five kilometers and weighed 20 kilograms, he immediately placed an order for 50 units.

Lin Fan decided to equip each battalion with a radio.

In addition, he also ordered 300 tons of TNT.

During his seven days in Hong Kong, Lin Fan was buying, buying, buying every day.

After he left Hong Kong, there were rumors here that a mysterious man had transported gold by plane to buy, buy, buy.

Lin Fan had already brought back five 500-horsepower engines and five 10-horsepower engines from Hong Kong.

The remaining goods will be delivered by Cummins within a month.

The U.S. government will send a business delegation to Jurong to discuss the engine production line.

Lin Fan did not stay in Jurong. He was now in Yixing.

Every county occupied by the Special Operations Regiment was expanding its roads.

According to Lin Fan's plan, each county would have a temporary runway, a runway that could land bombers.

Such runways were only needed for wartime, so most counties simply straightened and widened the roads outside the county.

This was the most cost-effective and time-saving.

Lin Fan was busy making tractors in Yixing every day.

Lin Fan in his previous life had seen the infinite uses of tractor heads.

They could pull carts and plow the land.

Most importantly, this single-cylinder diesel engine was reliable and durable.

It could also run on any bad road.

Lin Fan developed the Special Operations Regiment's second-generation earth tanks, modeled after tanks and based on the simplicity of the Special Operations Regiment's pushcarts.

This time, the earth tanks were completely enclosed in all four directions, so they were no longer afraid of ordinary grenades and bullets from all directions.

Lin Fan had not yet planned to add anti-cannon functions.

And these earth tanks were all equipped with a total of 560 pounds.

Separately, the simplest configuration, only blocking the front, was only more than 100 pounds. It was operated by two people, one driving and one shooting.

Lin Fan wanted to use the 500-horsepower engine to build speedboats and airplanes.

These days, Lin Fan had started to build his first large flying model according to the speedboat style of his previous life.

Before that, he bought two wooden fishing boats from fishermen for testing.

From the beginning, the only requirement Lin Fan wanted to make for the airplane was: lighter and faster.

If the entire fuselage could be covered with skin, he would never use iron skin.

Only the skeleton used steel.

The skin of the Type 1 aircraft that Lin Fan built was made of cowhide.

The skeleton was made of steel, and the flooring was made of wooden planks.

This was the lightest airplane he could imagine.

Even so, his airplane weighed 750 kilograms.

Despite this, the first test flight of the airplane that Lin Fan built was successful.

Later, he added four machine guns.

This was not the end. Lin Fan was also making a groundbreaking weapon: the rocket launcher!

The manufacturing difficulty of this weapon was not high, the difficulty was just the idea.

Now he was starting with the trial production of the first rocket.

The principle of the rocket was very simple: the warhead was loaded with explosives, and the thrust relied entirely on the propellant tube at the tail.

Lin Fan's current experiment was starting with a single-tube rocket launcher.

During these days, Changxing had become a production base.

The shell body of the mortar shells that the Special Operations Regiment had trial-produced had been successful.

In order to increase the destructive power, Lin Fan directly made it according to the production design of his previous life.

When casting the shell body, he had already drawn thin lines on the inside of the entire shell body.

This could reduce the use of pig iron and greatly increase the number of fragments formed during the explosion.

And he also specially pre-set 300 iron balls in the shell.

When this shell was compared with the captured Japanese shells, the shells manufactured by the Special Operations Regiment left five times more fragments in the unit range within the effective range than the Japanese standard shells.

The fragments formed after the explosion of the Special Operations Regiment's mortar shells were all 5mm by 5mm.

This effect was comparable to a directional bomb.

Because the fragments were smaller, they splashed farther, and the killing range of the 60mm mortar shells also increased to 40 meters.

All of this was being manufactured and tested by different groups at the same time under Lin Fan's guidance.

At the same time, Lin Fan also began to quietly trial-produce a generation of magic guns, the AK47 assault rifle.

Now he did not have a production line, so he could only have people manually manufacture a few to test the effect.

At the same time, he also began to trial-produce the high-altitude machine guns of his previous life.

Lin Fan had not had a moment to rest in the half month since he returned from Hong Kong.

Li Xian had been welcoming batches of businessmen during this time.

Now these businessmen knew that the Special Operations Regiment had antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry for sale.

They pounced over like sharks that had smelled blood.

The Special Operations Regiment did have a lot of these things.

They were all unloaded from the Senju Maru. After a month of intense sorting, the Special Operations Regiment began to dispose of these things.

For the materials that Lin Fan had ordered, he had only paid half of the deposit. After people delivered the goods to the door, he still needed to pay the full amount.

Just yesterday, on February 19, August also sent a telegram to Lin Fan.

He said that the goods had arrived in Shanghai and could be delivered to Wuhu at any time.

Lin Fan immediately said: The gold was ready.

He would inspect the goods and pay in Wuhu.

Colonel Kondo Yamilang, who was stationed in Yuxikou, finally received new recruits from his home country.

Now his battalion was fully manned again.

For the past month, he had to look towards Wuhu every day.

It had been more than a month since Wuhu was lost.

He still could not forget what happened that day.

Especially later, after all the battles that had happened that day were spread, Colonel Kondo Yamilang gave up on attacking Wuhu alone.

There were eyewitnesses to the Special Operations Regiment's ambush of the Japanese train and the Japanese fleet on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

These ordinary people publicized this battle.

In particular, the strange scene where all the crew members were dragged into the water without letting go of a single one when three warships sank was said by the people on the riverbank to be because the Japanese had killed too many people on the riverbank in Nanjing.

These people were in the Yangtze River, constantly looking for scapegoats, so they did not let all the Japanese who were clearly floating on the river surface be dragged into the water.

Colonel Kondo Yamilang certainly did not believe this.

But it made him even more afraid to act rashly, and he was even more worried every day, fearing that the Nationalist army would cross the Yangtze River at any time.

Not only was he afraid to move rashly, but the Japanese ships did not dare to go to the center of the river channel when crossing the Yangtze River.

They could only try to travel close to the north bank of the river.

Although the Nationalist army on the south bank had not fired a single shot at the Yangtze River in the past month, these Japanese did not dare to gamble.

Most of the time, they tried to pass through the section from Dangtu to Wuhu at night.

Today, Colonel Kondo Yamilang saw a ship flying the American flag docking at the Wuhu pier.

He saw hundreds of Westerners disembarking from the ship.

"What are they doing?" Colonel Kondo Yamilang wondered.

This was a business delegation that Nelson Johnson had set up and brought over from the United States.

Lin Fan personally welcomed this team.

Lin Fan was a little busy today, because there were still ships arriving later.

Eisenhower Jason was the leader of this delegation.

At the same time, he was also a director of the American General Company.

When he walked into Wuhu City, he saw that although the buildings in the county were not like the skyscrapers everywhere in the United States, the streets were clean, and there were not many soldiers in the county.

The shouts and calls of the street vendors could be heard endlessly.

Although he could not understand them, it was always better to feel some of the peace and prosperity of the people.

After arranging them, Lin Fan said apologetically, "There is another batch of distinguished guests arriving today, and I have to go and welcome them.

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